Amazon.com: Customer reviews: DAMAGED: A Kate Lange Thriller (The Kate Lange Thriller Series Book 1)

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I bought this book because I was bored, it sounded ok and it was on sale

August 6, 2016

I bought this book because I was bored, it sounded ok and it was on sale. I am so glad I bought it. It caught my attention right away and held it all the way through. The characters had substance, the plot moved along rapidly and didn't leave a minute to be bored with it. I don't do well with wordy authors...I tend to skip over pages and miss things when books are written that way. While reading this book, I can honestly say that I didn't skip a single word. I can't wait to read the next in the series. I haven't enjoyed an author this much since I finished reading the John Sanford Prey series.

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Too much bad language

August 1, 2018

Was mildly interested in the storyline but when I got to page 34 I decided I had read enough of the bad language therefore I quit reading the book.

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Too much bad language

August 1, 2018

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Was mildly interested in the storyline but when I got to page 34 I decided I had read enough of the bad language therefore I quit reading the book.

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Jane alexander

Soap opera

March 29, 2019

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If you like soap operas this is the book for you. It is 80% lust and angst and 20% murder mystery. You may like this but I prefer my mysteries the other way around.
Kate and Ethan..ugh what a nasty, ugly couple. I want so much to root for Kate, but she is so addled, broken, horny, and flustered, it is difficult to take her seriously. Ethan just comes across as a pig. Yet they both continue to blame, curse, sneer, and snap at each other. I found them both to be so unattractive, yet they must have fans as some of the other reviewers seem to think so.
I would put this book in the “romance”section although even that part of the book is a major buzzkill. I, for one, do not find couples who bicker and insult each other constantly as “romantic”. You want romance and murder, a good ratio? Check out JDRobb and Eve Dallas with Roarke. Or just read the dictionary...

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Hannelore

Not for me

October 2, 2018

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Looking forward to reading a book set in Canada, I was very disappointed. Kate Lange as a character was annoying, all that angst and self pity was annoying, the sexual tension boring and on the whole she didn't appeal to me at all. I felt sorry for Alaska, her dog, who was left alone for much of the time because Kate was so wrapped up trying to prove to herself and the world how capable she was. I skipped to the end and won't be reading any of the others in the series.

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Not a good read.

March 16, 2018

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I did not like the story. Way too much repetition. The murder portion was underplayed as was the Colorado setting. Too much story line given to the relationships of the characters. The only part of the book I enjoyed was that it ended.

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Virginia Llorca

Okay

July 29, 2017

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I would give it 3+ because it is well formatted and the author is a good writer. I only gave it a 3 because Kate didn't seem to have feelings. Or at least I couldn't get into her personality enough. The story about the tissue contamination was not done into enough depth or detail to be interesting. I like biomedical thrillers, so I will probably read another to see how the author grows after this novice attempt. Also, I think if she spiced up the names a little, it might have been easier to keep the characters individualized. All in all, a decent novice novel. I had to read it in a difficult setting on different devices, so that my have impacted my experience.

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Andrea Christenson

Fast paced legal thriller

January 24, 2018

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This was a good read. Descriptive passages draw you quickly into the scenes and full of enjoyable characters you can relate to. My two complaints: after the first three chapters the book was full of foul language. This was really not necessary, the book was engaging, heart pounding, and realistic enough without the language. Second complaint (but it’s a small one): the book is set in Halifax but it really could have been set anywhere - there was no sense of place.
If you don’t mind foul language and gory descriptions, then I recommend this book. Other than my minor complaints it really was a good read.

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Marple

If you like repeating of situations and thoughts this is your book.

September 9, 2017

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I would say I had to skip over 3/4 of the book because of the repetitive narrative. Good story theme but entirely too much descriptive sentences repeated over and over! Horrible editing if any.

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Conand

More like a soap opera than a thriller.

April 8, 2018

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I felt this book was not very well written and the story was more like a soap opera than an interesting thriller. It didn't catch me enough to make me want to keep reading. I stopped reading in the middle.

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Nicole Johnston

I was hoping it would get better, but no such luck

February 11, 2018

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This is by far the dullest and most vapid thing I've read since Twilight. I couldn't get past the first two chapters. I was hoping it would get better, but no such luck.

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MikeH

Not for me

January 18, 2019

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I got this book as one of 6 in a box set, expecting a good legal thriller with a female lead. What I found was that the plot was plodding, and the lead character spent most of her effort playing detective on a case her boss ordered her not to pursue. What's more, she lusted after every man she met -- her cop ex-fiancée, her boss, the new young dog walker, and maybe others. When I read a "legal" novel, I expect the attorney to be doing legal work, not out running around playing Nancy Drew. This one never even gets close to a courtroom.

I rarely give up on a book once I get into it, especially one with so many positive reviews on Amazon (91% 4 or 5-star out of 1,250!), but I only made it through Chapter 24 before deciding to give up. This book reads more like a romance than a legal thriller. Also, the killing was brutal -- young girls having their arms and legs surgically removed. I can surely find better things to read.

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